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lyndon johnson gave mrs. johnson a camera for her wedding gift. she became quite the furtive -- photo journalist. she had an eight millimeter camera to capture home movies. we have hours and hours, as well as the recorder where mrs. johnson every night at the white house would record her daily observations. this became the basis for the book "the white house diary" a very insightful commentary of -- chronicling of the tumultuous years of the 1960s. in her later years, she kept up with her correspondence here at this desk. have mrs. johnson's closet with all of her clothing. with the ranch, clothing -- the ranch clothing, boots, hats, her colorful outfits. one of my favorites, her straw hat with the bluebonnets painted on top. all of the photographs and those who mattered so much to her. to hurt grandchildren and great- grandchildren, she was known as mimi, a special person in their lives. lady bird johnson had a great sense of history. and during her years in washington, she would often be a tour guide. i had a chance to meet her while working at
lyndon johnson gave mrs. johnson a camera for her wedding gift. she became quite the furtive -- photo journalist. she had an eight millimeter camera to capture home movies. we have hours and hours, as well as the recorder where mrs. johnson every night at the white house would record her daily observations. this became the basis for the book "the white house diary" a very insightful commentary of -- chronicling of the tumultuous years of the 1960s. in her later years, she kept up with...
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johnson is exhibit a in exactly how to do that. mrs. ford said she thought that being a good housewife and mother was a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it. so she was both a traditionalist and a trail blazer. as we've already said she had not only balanced the job but before they were in the white house she was in a sense mother and father. >> during that very brief presidency they hosted 33 state visits. >> the reason it was so concentrated is it was the by centennial year. in addition to being this hotly contested republican relation and then of course the fall campaign, it played out against the backdrop of the american by centennial. -- bicentennial. she loved entertaining. this is why i think, when steve talked about her blossoming, this is what he meant. i said earlier, this was a woman who was acaucus tomed to being on the stage. as first lady, she was back on the stage. she really enjoyed entertaining. the entertainments were really personalized. the president of egypt was a great fan of the americ
johnson is exhibit a in exactly how to do that. mrs. ford said she thought that being a good housewife and mother was a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it. so she was both a traditionalist and a trail blazer. as we've already said she had not only balanced the job but before they were in the white house she was in a sense mother and father. >> during that very brief presidency they hosted 33 state visits. >> the reason it was so concentrated is it was...
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politico reporting that wisconsin republican ron johnson plans to file a lawsuit against the office of personnel management over its policy permitting lawmakers and health hill staff to get obamacare subsidies. he is holding a news conference just over an hour for now -- from now. the senate begins the second session of the 113th congress today at 2:00 p.m. eastern, senators will debate long-term unemployment insurance. at 5:30, they will debate the nomination of an ill and to head the federal reserve -- of janet yellen to head the federal reserve. session, weack in will have live coverage on c-span. starting at 2:00 eastern, live from the brookings institution threatiscussion on the of cyber warfare. journalists will take part. 's new seniorpr washington editor will be speaking at an american coveragey about media of lobbying. that gets underway at 3:15 eastern on c-span3. the issues you would expect. we are focused on innovation. we want to make sure innovation is a national strategy and american companies can keep introducing the greatest products in the world. we dominate and so ma
politico reporting that wisconsin republican ron johnson plans to file a lawsuit against the office of personnel management over its policy permitting lawmakers and health hill staff to get obamacare subsidies. he is holding a news conference just over an hour for now -- from now. the senate begins the second session of the 113th congress today at 2:00 p.m. eastern, senators will debate long-term unemployment insurance. at 5:30, they will debate the nomination of an ill and to head the federal...
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ron johnson is suing to take away subsidies from lawmakers. exceed turks should not those of citizens regarding health care contributions. ron johnson suit monday to take away his fellow lawmakers' subsidies saying that staff must enter the obamacare marketplace and should not get financial perks that regular americans cannot obtain. 's notes that senator johnson lawsuit drew fire from both parties. he called it an unfortunate political stunt. committed tos repealing obamacare, but the employer contribution is nothing more than a standard benefit that most private and all federal employees receive, including the president. he added that the proposal would encourage good congressional staffers to quit their jobs. that is the story in the washington times. we want to note that the national journal released it's a race rankings. at the house seats most likely to flip in 2014. -- toy setting the field analysis by scott bland is in the national journal. the top five congressional districts most likely to flip 4 where jim matheson is retiring. 31, f
ron johnson is suing to take away subsidies from lawmakers. exceed turks should not those of citizens regarding health care contributions. ron johnson suit monday to take away his fellow lawmakers' subsidies saying that staff must enter the obamacare marketplace and should not get financial perks that regular americans cannot obtain. 's notes that senator johnson lawsuit drew fire from both parties. he called it an unfortunate political stunt. committed tos repealing obamacare, but the employer...
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you could have unpopular wars in the kennedy and johnson administrations. you could have scandals like and ford.in nixon monica lewinsky for clinton. and the thing is, iran contra for president reagan, but that things usually happen in the second term and people getting and tired. let's do something different. it is a pattern that holds up pretty darn well. so those are the two questions. what is it going to be? well, when i look at what is going on and look at the polling -- i needede thing to get a chance to go by the office and print this out -- our website is cookpoli tical.com, and when you go up on the home page -- it is all free -- you look on the right-hand side of the page and there's a box, and it talks about the political environment, and then it says read more. -- itthat, and there is a is about a 10-page document that we update several times a week with the polling data that we think of polling data that is most relevant ascertaining what is the environment going to be like. to start off with right direction, wrong track numbers, and then we go
you could have unpopular wars in the kennedy and johnson administrations. you could have scandals like and ford.in nixon monica lewinsky for clinton. and the thing is, iran contra for president reagan, but that things usually happen in the second term and people getting and tired. let's do something different. it is a pattern that holds up pretty darn well. so those are the two questions. what is it going to be? well, when i look at what is going on and look at the polling -- i needede thing to...
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president johnson during the vietnam war, presidents misleading the american public. it is a big problem especially with pratt -- when presidents act secretly. president nixon argued presidential power can be checked by impeachment. what if no one knows about it? drone program.he a really important problem. lack of oversight. absolutely correct. the drunken phone -- the joan has two components. one is people are not u.s. citizens. when it is used to target u.s. certainly not a sympathetic figure involved with al qaeda, the greatest threat to the united states today, he was a it is -- a u.s. citizen. he was placed on a kill or capture list. his 16-year-old son was killed a couple of weeks after him and it is not clear why. no judicial oversight. yes, this is an important problem, i agree. to expand on what happened there. in your book, president polk i sadly -- actually pointed out a flaw by demonstrating -- -- the problem is, what is a president invents an emergency in a disputeded area. he claimed mexican soldiers who entered in u.s. territory and fired at u.s. troop
president johnson during the vietnam war, presidents misleading the american public. it is a big problem especially with pratt -- when presidents act secretly. president nixon argued presidential power can be checked by impeachment. what if no one knows about it? drone program.he a really important problem. lack of oversight. absolutely correct. the drunken phone -- the joan has two components. one is people are not u.s. citizens. when it is used to target u.s. certainly not a sympathetic...
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this week, lady bird johnson to carter. on wednesday, highlights from our second season, weeknights at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i have been involved in politics for four years one way or another. i worked as administration for a year. effect of the matter is i have quotingen so many eagle and waving around the declaration of independence and the constitution. many of you 10 years ago, you never gave it a second thought. now, i bet is that -- it is at the front of your minds. is, tensof the matter of millions of us love the country and we do not want it fundamentally transformed. we have to get to as many other people as we can and wake them up and educate them. i am not trying to pat myself on the back. it is the purpose of this book. i consider it part of the .urpose of my radio program it is why we are under attack all the time. these utopian statists. click sunday, the best-selling author mark levin will take your calls and questions in depth live for three hours starting at noon eastern. the first sunday of every
this week, lady bird johnson to carter. on wednesday, highlights from our second season, weeknights at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i have been involved in politics for four years one way or another. i worked as administration for a year. effect of the matter is i have quotingen so many eagle and waving around the declaration of independence and the constitution. many of you 10 years ago, you never gave it a second thought. now, i bet is that -- it is at the front of your minds. is,...
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in congress but that conversation will be at 8:30 then james jones, the member of the lyndon obtains johnson foundation and member of the white house will talk about the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty. that conversation starts at 9:15, program starts tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., we'll see you then. into [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> today, the university of --on state of the party parties conference. then, the history and future of the tea party and its impact on the republican party. later, the future of television news with the president of abc news. >> the deadline is approaching for the studentcam video competition. what is the most important issue congress should address this year? create a documentary with c-span programming. there is $100,000 in total prize money. the entries are due by january 20.
in congress but that conversation will be at 8:30 then james jones, the member of the lyndon obtains johnson foundation and member of the white house will talk about the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty. that conversation starts at 9:15, program starts tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., we'll see you then. into [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> today, the university of --on state of the party parties conference....
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republican senator from wisconsin, a blue state but republican elected in the 2010 tea party wave, ron johnson. he said as of january 1st, obamacare is not just a piece of paper we can repeal and pull away. about six million people now are going to have health insurance because of this law. republicans alternatives, they're going to have to come up with way to keep people to have insurance. there's a long history and behavorial checks, once people have something, they don't want it taken away. now they have the health insurance, it's going to be very hard to come up with alternatives. host: 48 plus votessent affordable care ssent -- votes on the affordable care act last year. guest: absolutely. partly it's the republican base. republicans can't afford to be seen by their own primary voters as doing anything but pushing for a full repeal. there's a tough senate race in georgia going to be an open seat. it's one of the two democrats is hoping to go after. one of the republicans there, came out and suggested, this obamacare law, i voted for repeal, let's just try to fix the problems. that's the f
republican senator from wisconsin, a blue state but republican elected in the 2010 tea party wave, ron johnson. he said as of january 1st, obamacare is not just a piece of paper we can repeal and pull away. about six million people now are going to have health insurance because of this law. republicans alternatives, they're going to have to come up with way to keep people to have insurance. there's a long history and behavorial checks, once people have something, they don't want it taken away....